Flashsabre

Well said. Forton’s tearful remarks about Adams show how far he has brought this organization. I think the next few years will finally be very fruitful.

Adams and the FO like to marry high end skill with character, motor and coach ability. They wouldn’t have chosen Nylander as he doesn’t have the character, motor, coach-ability makeup.

Kris Baker has been posting some highlights of him just going end to end multiple times in the U20 league.

Even more importantly: Leafs with 0 of the Top 50 😁

https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/mckeens-hockey-top-prospect-rankings-organizational-rankings.2899302/ McKeens just posted its prospect rankings on hfboards. Future is BRIGHT!

I have a gut feeling that this year’s draft will be looked at very fondly down the road. Savoie, Östlund, Kulich, Neuchev, Lindgren, Komarov all look promising so far. Goalies are wildcards so we will see how Leinonen progresses.

As we get closer to next year’s draft I’m sure Sabres fans will love the lack of dmen ranked in the first round.😛😀

I’ll be interested to see how Buffalo boy Quentin Musty progresses this year.

Training camp used to be for the players to get back into shape. Now the players are in top shape 24/7, 365 so they are chomping to get playing after a couple days of practices

Conditional 1st and conditional 4th. Yikes

I went on the Habs board at hfboards and some fans there were laying out the situation: apparently a lot of fans do not like the new front office there and a lot of fans wanted Shane Wright as the pick. So they see Slafkovsky as the unliked FO’s pick instead of the fan’s pick of Wright and thus some are almost rooting for Slaf to fail. Sounds ridiculous but this is pro sports fandom. I don’t think he is ready to play this season from a skill and production aspect but when you are 6’3, 238 lbs 1OA pick you are going to play in the league right away. Hope he does well but Montreal is the last place you don’t want to do well in.

It is impressive that their 4th and 5th round picks this year formed a really good d pairing at this tournament. The Sabres ability to find players at all points of the past couple drafts is what has really lifted the pipeline. The quality of the invitees to this tournament was impressive as well. The scouting dept. has been doing work😀

Kozak, Rosen, Cederqvist, Kisakov, Komarov were all really pleasant surprises. Kozak looks like a 22 year old 2nd round pick. Just so well rounded, Peca is going to love mentoring him all season. Savoie and Kulich were just what you would expect. And Savoie impressed me not for his offensive chops but for his dogged work ethic, defensive awareness and positioning, work on the PK and at the dot. Kulich is a really explosive player, reminds me a ton of Peterka. Lindgren’s skating is an elite trait. If he can develop the rest of his game under Sutter this year they could have something there. Best team and tournament so far. Tons of speed and skill on display.

Rosen looks like he isn’t hustling but he is just skating by people. Just so fluid with his speed.

I think Appert said last year that JJ has three goals their December and then exploded the second half of the season.

Rosen is flying today

Tough start for the goalie. Hopefully he can settle down

If you haven’t watched Neuchev, here are highlights of a game from last year. He is 79 in white aka they guy doing everything with the puck😀

Pronman is an issue😁

Encouraging to hear. If he has improved his skating to pro level already they might have something here.

I asked this somewhere else. If he can be signed before the season then they should do it. He has looked good at rookie camp and has played well for 2 games here. For a team that is lacking in D pipeline depth Sova would be a nice add.

I just watched the Jets-Browns highlights. Just Wow! Browns are going to Browns. The shots of their fans at the end was priceless.

And the best part is that none of our best young players/prospects are unlikable pricks😁 They have really assembled a group of young talented high character prospects. Just as important is that there seems to be a real synergy throughout the organization from Adams and the FO to Granato down to Appert, Peca and crew. The next few years should be really exciting watching these kids grow.

Apparently the Sens are going to play with a short bench tomorrow. 3 Sens got hurt vs the Habs and they don’t want to play Sanderson and Pinto tomorrow.

Insane. Raiders fans looked devastated.